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SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2003

This is a past version of the SEER Cancer Statistics Review that includes statistics
from 1975 through 2003. If you would like to view the most recent version of the CSR, please visit the CSR Home Page.

Revision History

Date

Revision

Affected Pages

06/14/2006

The prevalence counts were updated to include a change in race recode. Prior to the
CSR's release, the Indian Health Service Link was used to code a small portion of the white population as
American Indian/Alaska Native. The prevalence counts were generated before this coding change and have been
updated to reflect the coding change. The update only changed a small number of prevalence counts, and only
the pages with updated counts are listed as affected pages.

The incidence and mortality rates for
white and black males were mislabeled. The delay-adjusted
incidence rates for white males were labeled as black
males, and vice-versa. The same type of mislabeling occurred
for the mortality rates as well.

The survival rates in Table I-6 were originally
suppressed if there were fewer than 25 cases alive at
the end of the interval. The survival rates are now suppressed
if there are fewer than 16 cases alive at the end of
the interval.

The period survival rates in Table XVII-4
were originally suppressed if there were fewer than
25 cases alive at the end of the interval. The period
survival rates are now suppressed if there are fewer
than 16 cases alive at the end of the interval. Consequently,
the period rate for black females is no longer suppressed.